It is nice to see people practice fine points of tuishou with light energy.

In the second video I like the point of following even if moved. Some times this is safer - to fly away like a bird and use the partner's energy to put yourself in a safe position. Sometimes you can catch to partner and send them out with their own momentum if your timing is excellent.

I like the third video since the parnter has nothing to push. If you give no resistance then the partner cannot have a sucessful attack. It reminds me of the Classics - I alone know my partner, he does not know me.

However, in the first video the older gentleman uses avoid well but loses the superior position for a moment. When he is at the side his position looks like it cannot support or change and is open to right ward-off (peng). But is it hard to say for certain from a video. Also, do you practice with heavy energy sometimes? It is the only way to check if your techniques are correct. When heavy pushing is used then you can see if you can remain relaxed and change, avoid, support, etc... in my opinion. Overall I like your videos and your spirit of practice very much. Best wishes.

It is nice to see people practice fine points of tuishou with light energy.

In the second video I like the point of following even if moved. Some times this is safer - to fly away like a bird and use the partner's energy to put yourself in a safe position. Sometimes you can catch to partner and send them out with their own momentum if your timing is excellent.

I like the third video since the parnter has nothing to push. If you give no resistance then the partner cannot have a sucessful attack. It reminds me of the Classics - I alone know my partner, he does not know me.

However, in the first video the older gentleman uses avoid well but loses the superior position for a moment. When he is at the side his position looks like it cannot support or change and is open to right ward-off (peng). But is it hard to say for certain from a video. Also, do you practice with heavy energy sometimes? It is the only way to check if your techniques are correct. When heavy pushing is used then you can see if you can remain relaxed and change, avoid, support, etc... in my opinion. Overall I like your videos and your spirit of practice very much. Best wishes.

Hi,JamieYou see the third video and find the weakpoint from the old man. Actually, the old man pretendly reject the opponent with a little strength by ward off. That's why he was thrown away. Also, he shows if he hit back in a wrong angle,then he was doomed.

This is my website, and you can watch the vedios. In the future, if I have more, I'llpost up. Personally, I like to handle the martial arts in a soft way.

My lineage is from Yang, Tien Zao-lin, Qian xi-qiao to his son Qian Yuen-nan.Qian Yuen-nan in Taiway is my sifu. He is a friend of Dr.Tao Bien-xiang, a disciple of Master Chen Man-ching. Because my sifu admires Dr.Tao. Then I was introduced to Dr.Tao. All I have learned Chen Man-ching styles from these two sifus. Both of them passed away. A book Lao Zi written by Chen Man-ching from my sifu Qien influences my Taichi a great deal. Now, I am trying to carry out the classic principles of Chang San-feng and Wang Zhuong-yue.

I enjoy you enjoy push hand with friends.Thank you for sharing your high level of skill. Wondering if you teach in L.A.?

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Hello yslim:Happy New Year to you, too.Yes, I am starting in LA to teach the two friends in the park.One is learning 108 styles in Taiwan and the other is learning 85 of Fu Chong-wen system in mainland China. They are interested in my way and want to know more.Then I begin to teach. If you are closed, then welcome to join us on every Saturday morning.

As I study this last one, I find it interesting how different people may see different things depending on their viewpoint and the focus of their study.

When I look at this last video clip, what I notice first is that in the first Golden Rooster, you use your knee and foot to trap the fullness in the lower body of your partner, thus preventing the attack. In the second one, you look double weighted; whereas your partner looks free to bring the energy out of his left leg to push you.

By the way, in the other video clips, it seems that a frequent response you have to your partner's disconnection is to show a strike, usually a single or double punch. Is this a principle of your practice and teaching? I do not think I can recall seeing anyone show a punch (or perhaps a push with the fists?) during this type of push hands?

I recall that when practicing some very light and friendly push hands with one of my teachers, he once warned me that I kept disconnecting in order to try to do something. I am no longer certain of his full meaning, but I think he said that in the "old days," if one partner disconnected, this gave permission for the other partner to use a strike. It may also be that he was simply warning me that disconnecting in the way I as doing made me vulnerable to a strike. In either case, it made me more mindful of this problem.

At the time my teacher gave me this warning, I had 98% confidence in his ability not to hurt me, but there was still 2% of nervousness coming from stories of Yang Shaohou slamming students around. This 2% was enough to focus me very quickly on learning not to disconnect, at least for that session.

Your video clips brought this experience to mind, since you seemed to demonstrate a very elegant way of showing strikes with little chance of any actual injury. You showed more of a push with the fists, than an actual strike.

In my own practice, I sometimes ask my partners to tap or slap me on the head, if my movements are not appropriate to defend me properly. Similarly ,if my partner is not controlling my arm appropriately, I will sometimes demonstrate a hammer strike to the abdomen to show their vulnerability. Such techniques seem to be a way to help lead the mind intent (Yi) to change the movements, expecially for those with martial arts backgrounds who understand what danger they are putting themselves in. For those without such backgrounds, it would be good to have another tool to use.

At my current level of push hands practice, I am only a little bit concerned with free fighting, but I have become increasingly focused on small details of hand and finger placement that make it harder for my partner to disconnect. In doing applications, I am also trying to be more mindful of "connecting" and "losing" (lian/diu). This was also a reason that led me to notice your use of the fist.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Audi:<B> Thank you for the videos. They have been very interesting to watch.

As I study this last one, I find it interesting how different people may see different things depending on their viewpoint and the focus of their study.

When I look at this last video clip, what I notice first is that in the first Golden Rooster, you use your knee and foot to trap the fullness in the lower body of your partner, thus preventing the attack. In the second one, you look double weighted; whereas your partner looks free to bring the energy out of his left leg to push you.

By the way, in the other video clips, it seems that a frequent response you have to your partner's disconnection is to show a strike, usually a single or double punch. Is this a principle of your practice and teaching? I do not think I can recall seeing anyone show a punch (or perhaps a push with the fists?) during this type of push hands?

I recall that when practicing some very light and friendly push hands with one of my teachers, he once warned me that I kept disconnecting in order to try to do something. I am no longer certain of his full meaning, but I think he said that in the "old days," if one partner disconnected, this gave permission for the other partner to use a strike. It may also be that he was simply warning me that disconnecting in the way I as doing made me vulnerable to a strike. In either case, it made me more mindful of this problem.

At the time my teacher gave me this warning, I had 98% confidence in his ability not to hurt me, but there was still 2% of nervousness coming from stories of Yang Shaohou slamming students around. This 2% was enough to focus me very quickly on learning not to disconnect, at least for that session.

Your video clips brought this experience to mind, since you seemed to demonstrate a very elegant way of showing strikes with little chance of any actual injury. You showed more of a push with the fists, than an actual strike.

In my own practice, I sometimes ask my partners to tap or slap me on the head, if my movements are not appropriate to defend me properly. Similarly ,if my partner is not controlling my arm appropriately, I will sometimes demonstrate a hammer strike to the abdomen to show their vulnerability. Such techniques seem to be a way to help lead the mind intent (Yi) to change the movements, expecially for those with martial arts backgrounds who understand what danger they are putting themselves in. For those without such backgrounds, it would be good to have another tool to use.

At my current level of push hands practice, I am only a little bit concerned with free fighting, but I have become increasingly focused on small details of hand and finger placement that make it harder for my partner to disconnect. In doing applications, I am also trying to be more mindful of "connecting" and "losing" (lian/diu). This was also a reason that led me to notice your use of the fist.

Take care,Audi

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It's always pleasing to read your response which is appropriate and to the point.

Besides health and a happy short meeting, the application of Tachi quan is to protect self first and handle peacefully the possibe attack from the attacker. The vulnerability you mention is the key point and timing to practice how to protect oneself. If the practioner is mindful of this and getting improved in not letting me have any chance to impose my fist on him.That's my purpose and he may learn something in his sensitivity. On this, I can see you had a good teacher and you have a good faith in yourself. Once one is safe in fighting, then it is important to neutralize and control the attack, which aims at creating a peaceful atomsphere to stop the fighting.